Inside the Met Gala: A First Look At the Decor

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Guests arriving to the 2016 Met Gala will make their way from Fifth Avenue up the red and pink double helix “red” carpet, and into the Metropolitan Museum’s Great Hall. There, the double helix takes shape: a 65-foot structure rises from the center of the space made up of 80,000 red roses, 200,000 red silk roses, and laser-cut lace. From there, a 16-foot wall of red roses backs the receiving like at the base of the Great Hall stairs while urns with cherry blossoms line the room.

After viewing the exhibition, guests make their way to the Petrie Court—lined with daybeds in blue and lavender—for cocktails. Then it’s off to the Temple of Dendur for dinner. Guests pass through an arched doorway in a wall of roses that gradually gradates from white to lavender to red. Dinner tables are covered in pale blue and lavender linens with custom-designed charger plates featuring a modern take on the rose motif. In the center of the table, a grouping of tall pillar candles nestled amongst red, burgundy, and lavender roses in silver vessels.